1928 Season
1927 / 1929
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1928 National League Silver Sluggers

Catcher
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Gabby Hartnett
CHN
C
27.5
4.3
16.2
9.4
2 Shanty Hogan
NY1
C
22.3
3.9
14.8
7.9
3 Val Picinich
CIN
C
31.8
1.4
8.0
2.8
4 Walt Lerian*
PHI
C
25.4
1.2
4.3
-0.0
5 Bubbles Hargrave
CIN
C
36.0
0.8
4.7
1.6
First Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Jim Bottomley
SLN
1B
28.2
6.3
27.3
17.5
2 Del Bissonette*
BRO
1B
28.8
5.0
21.4
11.6
3 Bill Terry
NY1
1B
29.7
4.3
21.7
12.2
4 George Grantham
PIT
1B
28.1
3.1
16.0
8.4
5 Don Hurst*
PHI
1B
22.9
2.7
11.0
4.0
Second Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Rogers Hornsby
BSN
2B
32.2
10.0
27.2
18.2
2 Frankie Frisch
SLN
2B
29.8
3.6
16.1
6.8
3 Hughie Critz
CIN
2B
27.8
1.7
14.2
4.0
4 Jake Flowers
BRO
2B
26.3
1.3
6.3
0.4
5 Andy Cohen*
NY1
2B
23.7
1.3
8.5
0.4
Third Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Freddie Lindstrom
NY1
3B
22.6
5.4
23.3
13.2
2 Harvey Hendrick
BRO
3B
30.6
3.6
13.9
6.7
3 Pie Traynor
PIT
3B
29.6
3.5
15.6
6.2
4 Les Bell
BSN
3B
26.5
2.2
8.3
-1.3
5 Pinky Whitney*
PHI
3B
23.5
2.0
9.1
-0.2
Shortstop
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Travis Jackson
NY1
SS
24.7
2.9
12.0
2.8
2 Glenn Wright
PIT
SS
27.4
2.1
9.4
2.9
3 Woody English
CHN
SS
22.3
1.6
8.5
0.8
4 Dave Bancroft
BRO
SS
37.2
0.5
4.4
-4.3
5 Rabbit Maranville
SLN
SS
36.6
0.2
3.6
-2.5
Outfield
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Paul Waner
PIT
RF
25.2
6.4
28.4
18.2
2 Hack Wilson
CHN
CF
28.2
5.8
24.1
15.0
3 Chick Hafey
SLN
LF
25.4
4.9
21.9
13.3
4 Riggs Stephenson
CHN
LF
30.5
3.7
19.4
10.8
5 Babe Herman
BRO
RF
25.0
3.6
15.7
7.7
6 Mel Ott
NY1
RF
19.3
3.6
17.0
9.7
7 Lance Richbourg
BSN
RF
30.5
3.4
16.0
6.0
8 Rube Bressler
BRO
LF
33.7
2.9
13.8
4.9
9 Kiki Cuyler
CHN
RF
29.8
2.8
16.1
7.6
10 George Harper
MULT
RF
36.0
2.7
12.6
6.6
11 Lloyd Waner
PIT
CF
22.3
2.6
17.6
7.0
12 Chuck Klein*
PHI
RF
23.7
2.2
8.0
4.0
13 Taylor Douthit
SLN
CF
27.2
1.8
15.4
4.4
14 Jimmy Welsh
NY1
CF
25.7
1.7
11.8
4.1
15 Lefty O'Doul*
NY1
LF
31.3
1.7
11.0
5.3
Pitcher
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Burleigh Grimes
PIT
SP
34.9
1.2
2.3
2.0
2 Red Lucas
CIN
SP
26.2
0.7
1.6
1.4
3 Pete Alexander
SLN
SP
41.3
0.7
0.9
0.7
4 Ed Brandt*
BSN
SP
23.4
0.6
0.5
0.3
5 Bill Sherdel
SLN
SP
31.9
0.5
0.4
0.1
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com
*Rookie

1928 American League Silver Sluggers

Catcher
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Mickey Cochrane
PHA
C
25.2
4.3
15.2
6.8
2 Wally Schang
SLA
C
38.9
2.9
10.3
5.5
3 Pinky Hargrave
DET
C
32.4
1.8
7.4
2.1
4 Pat Collins
NYA
C
31.8
1.0
4.4
1.9
5 Luke Sewell
CLE
C
27.5
0.8
4.6
-2.2
First Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Lou Gehrig
NYA
1B
25.0
8.9
39.5
29.5
2 Lu Blue
SLA
1B
31.3
3.9
19.5
9.5
3 Joe Judge
WS1
1B
34.1
3.6
14.8
5.3
4 Joe Hauser
PHA
1B
29.5
2.1
10.1
4.7
5 Ed Morgan*
CLE
1B
24.1
1.7
7.1
2.7
Second Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Charlie Gehringer
DET
2B
25.1
5.0
18.7
8.4
2 Tony Lazzeri
NYA
2B
24.6
4.7
19.3
12.5
3 Max Bishop
PHA
2B
28.8
4.6
17.4
8.7
4 Carl Lind*
CLE
2B
24.8
1.6
8.6
-1.9
5 Bill Hunnefield
CHA
2B
29.5
1.3
6.3
0.8
Third Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Jimmie Foxx
PHA
3B
20.7
4.4
16.8
9.8
2 Willie Kamm
CHA
3B
28.4
4.3
16.2
6.5
3 Buddy Myer
BOS
3B
24.3
3.5
11.8
2.6
4 Ossie Bluege
WS1
3B
27.7
3.1
10.8
2.1
5 Johnny Hodapp
CLE
3B
22.8
2.3
9.5
2.4
Shortstop
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Joe Sewell
CLE
SS
29.7
5.0
15.4
5.4
2 Mark Koenig
NYA
SS
24.0
3.3
15.0
6.5
3 Bobby Reeves
WS1
SS
24.0
1.8
6.2
0.4
4 Red Kress*
SLA
SS
21.5
1.7
8.9
-0.5
5 Jackie Tavener
DET
SS
30.5
1.6
6.9
-1.0
Outfield
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Babe Ruth
NYA
RF
33.4
9.9
42.8
32.6
2 Heinie Manush
SLA
LF
26.9
6.8
30.5
20.1
3 Goose Goslin
WS1
LF
27.7
6.6
22.5
14.7
4 Earle Combs
NYA
CF
29.1
4.3
24.2
13.7
5 Harry Heilmann
DET
RF
33.9
4.3
19.5
10.1
6 Al Simmons
PHA
LF
26.1
4.1
18.6
11.1
7 Sam Rice
WS1
RF
38.4
3.5
16.3
6.2
8 Alex Metzler
CHA
LF
25.5
3.4
15.8
7.4
9 Red Barnes*
WS1
CF
23.5
3.2
12.7
5.5
10 Bing Miller
PHA
RF
33.8
2.9
15.0
6.6
11 Ira Flagstead
BOS
CF
34.8
2.3
10.5
1.8
12 Bob Meusel
NYA
LF
32.0
2.2
15.8
7.2
13 Carl Reynolds*
CHA
RF
25.4
2.1
10.2
5.5
14 Harry Rice
DET
CF
26.6
2.1
11.4
2.9
15 Bob Fothergill
DET
LF
30.9
2.0
10.2
4.5
Pitcher
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Silver Slugger was not awarded this season
by Offensive Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Red Ruffing
BOS
SP
23.2
1.6
2.8
2.5
2 George Uhle
CLE
SP
29.8
1.0
1.5
1.3
3 Sam Jones
WS1
SP
35.9
0.8
1.0
0.8
4 Joe Shaute
CLE
SP
28.9
0.5
0.4
0.1
5 Eddie Rommel
PHA
SW
30.8
0.5
0.6
0.5
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com
*Rookie

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Wins Above Replacement data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com.

Defensive Regression Analysis data used here was obtained with permission from Michael Humphreys, author of Wizardry.

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Uniform images used with permission from Marc Okkonen, author of Baseball Uniforms of the 20th Century.
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Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James